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Alltel, Summus Offer Valentine's Sweepstakes with Mobile Postcards.


LITTLE ROCK, Ark. -- Alltel (NYSE NYSE

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: AT), owner of America's largest wireless network, and Summus Inc. (OTCBB OTCBB

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: SMMU SMMU Second Military Medical University (Shanghai, China)
SMMU Source Measurement Multiplex Unit
), a leading provider of mobile media applications, today announced the "Postmarked with Love Valentine's Day Valentine's Day: see Saint Valentine's Day.
Valentine's Day

Lovers' holiday celebrated on February 14, the feast day of St. Valentine, one of two 3rd-century Roman martyrs of the same name. St.
 Sweepstakes."

Alltel wireless customers who send a Fujifilm Mobile Postcard now through Feb. 14 will be entered to win a three-night getaway for two in a romantic setting--the Charlotte Inn in Martha's Vineyard Martha's Vineyard (vĭn`yərd), island (1990 est. pop. 8,900), c.100 sq mi (260 sq km), SE Mass., separated from the Elizabeth Islands and Cape Cod by Vineyard and Nantucket sounds. , Planters Inn in Charleston, S.C., or The Inn at Occidental in Sonoma, Calif. The prize includes airfare, dinner for two and $200 in spending money, for a total value of $2,500.

Sweepstakes participants also will be eligible to win a $50 VISA gift card to use toward a romantic Valentine's dinner or a gift for a loved one. If a golden heart appears on the back of the postcard, both the sender and the recipient will receive a gift card. Twenty-five pairs of wireless customers will win gift cards.

Complete sweepstakes rules are available at www.postmarkedwithlove.com.

Alltel wireless customers can create personalized Fujifilm Mobile Postcards directly from their camera phones with Summus' application. Users select a picture from their phones and choose from a wide variety of image frames that they can personalize with a message. Their postcards are then mailed via the U.S. Postal Service The U.S. Postal Service (USPS) processes and delivers mail to individuals and businesses within the United States. The service seeks to improve its performance through the development of efficient mail-handling systems and operates its own planning and engineering programs.  to a recipient anywhere in the United States United States, officially United States of America, republic (2005 est. pop. 295,734,000), 3,539,227 sq mi (9,166,598 sq km), North America. The United States is the world's third largest country in population and the fourth largest country in area. .

"Alltel is pleased to partner with Summus for such an innovative campaign as the 'Postmarked with Love Valentine's Day Sweepstakes,'" said Wade McGill, vice president of wireless product management at Alltel. "We are excited to offer our customers the opportunity to win prizes while introducing them to a superior product that allows them to use the pictures on their camera phones."

"Today's wireless users are looking for Looking for

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 fun and creative ways to share and send the abundance of pictures residing on their mobile phones," said Gary Ban, CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board.  of Summus. "Summus continues to create opportunities like the 'Postmarked with Love Sweepstakes' that help promote creative uses of camera phones."

About Summus

Summus is a leading provider of mobile media applications that optimize the consumer wireless experience. Summus partners with leading content brands to develop compelling and unique wireless applications and content for the mobile phone, focused within the most popular areas of growth, including photo-messaging, multi-player games, news/information and personalization. Summus currently offers an ever-growing list of 34 mobile phone applications deployed through 45 major wireless carriers or distribution partners in the U.S. and abroad. Summus designs and develops these applications with the industry's most intuitive navigation that is designed for a consistently superior user experience. For more information, see www.summus.com.

About Alltel

Alltel is a customer-focused communications company with more than 15 million customers in 36 states and nearly $10 billion in annual revenues.

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